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Mushroom Garden from Back to the Roots

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Back to the Roots is an amazing company that takes old coffee grounds and reuses them in their at home Mushroom Garden kits.  This year alone, they are on pace to collect, divert, and reuse 3.6 MILLION pounds of coffee grounds from Peet's Coffee & Tea!  Take a look at this infographic to see exactly how they are doing this:

 

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I think this is a fascinating idea and we were thrilled to get to try our own Mushroom Garden!  It's pretty simple to do.  Just remove one side at the perforations, cut an "X" in the plastic, soak it for 12 hours, and then make sure to spritz it twice a day and you'll have a mushroom garden in no time!  

 

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I love this idea of reusing products that would have ordinarily gone in the trash can to grow food for your family.  Each kit allows you to grow up to 1 1/2 lbs of gourmet oyster mushrooms per box.  You can purchase a Mushroom Garden Kit for your family at over 300 Whole Foods store across the nation.  You can also purchase a grow kit at the Back to the Roots website for $19.95.  And, if you order two kits, you get free shipping!

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Saki Shimizu

Tuesday 27th of November 2012

  Hello Gena, I am Saki Shimizu, Back to the Roots' intern from Japan. I just want to take a quick moment to thank you for writing about us and sharing our mushroom garden! We really appreciate your support! Our community is what keeps us growing!  By the way, would love for you to check out our new Home Aquaponics Garden: http://bit.ly/AquaponicsGarden We are launching on Kickstarter and would love to hear your thoughts and for you to share with your community! Thank you SO much! Please feel free to reach out to our Communications Maestra, Megan Yarnall at: [email protected]!! Again, thanks so much for all of your support!

Gena

Tuesday 27th of November 2012

It really is great!  Thanks for commenting!

Crissy

Monday 26th of November 2012

WOW, what a clever and cool idea. Love it!

Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell

Monday 26th of November 2012

What an eco-responsible and totally unique gift!

Kari

Monday 26th of November 2012

That is one of the neatest things I've seen! I really love that idea.

Anne

Monday 26th of November 2012

Very cool, and it sounds like fun too, my kids would enjoy growing fungus!

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